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May 5, 2008

Leafy Paratha roti/Oil roti is my contribution to "Tried and Tasted", a new event which is launched by Zlamushka from "Zlamushka's spicy kitchen" blog. This month we are scouting Cynthia of Tastes Like Home blog looking for her recipes. Thanks for hosting Z, it was fun cooking these rotis from her blog. Thanks to you too Cynthia, great recipe! :)

Tried and Tasted is an event which is just launched by Zlamushka. It's similar to our own Coffee's "Monthly Blog Patrolling", except Z chooses a blog each month for us to scout and cook dishes from. I chose Caribbean style Leafy Paratha roti from beautiful and multi-talented Cynthia, who is also a journalist and writes articles related to food and others as well. Thank you for posting this wonderful recipe Cynthia, we enjoyed it with spicy dry peas masala!:)Please check out her colorful and always very informative blog about Caribbean traditions and food along with the recipe for leafy paratha roti as well, by clicking on the link below.I always wanted to try Paratha roti or "Buss up shut" (Busted up shirt, by the way these rotis look after cooking!), so this event was a great opportunity for me to try these. Similar Malaysian Roti Canai I made before is here and Kari Ayam, a chicken curry which goes well with these rotis is here.

I have chosen Kanji with Cherupayar from shn of "Mishmash" blog, as my entries to Raaga of "The Singing Chef", who is hosting MBP this month. This event is the brain child of Coffee of "The Spice Cafe" blog. Raaga's "Monthly blog patrolling" include a theme of "Salads and Soups" this month. Thanks for hosting Raaga and my thanks to you shn for these yummy treats! :)

I patrolled shn's blog for a unique but very traditional Kerala combo of soup and salad/stir-fry from Kerala of Kanji and Cherupayar for my entires and thoroughly enjoyed eating them both for lunch. That was one comforting food!Can these be called soup and salad? Absolutely!! Sambhar is Lentil soup for non-Indians, Risotto is another dish comparable to this rice gruel, with no veggies added and lot thinner of course but topped with spicy Moong, Rasam has the similar texture and concept of a French onion soup, aren't they? Salad can be made with Lentils as well likehere!

Kanji is nothing but a delicious soup, made with Rose matta or any rice of your choice, cooked in lots of water (or stock, skip the salt if you use stock) salt until it looks like a thin gruel like soup. Cherupayar is a spicy, (seasoned with onion, chillies etc) soft cooked and drained Moong (Green gram) stir fry which is my absolute favorite to have on the side with plain yogurt and rice or any yogurt Kadhi style gravies. Here is my red chori stir-fry, another variations of beans to use in the same salad.Although Kanji or Ganji as we call it in Kannada is routinely eaten in some parts of South Canara region of Karnataka, I had never tasted the Kanji before at all, so it was my first try! I loved the simplicity and the taste, great with spicy pickle. I added a pinch of cumin pd and crushed peppercorns to rice which made it tastier and always optional. If you want to make it for lunch, you could add some chicken and veggies to rice but traditional Kanji is always eaten plain.Please click on the link above to check out the original recipes, read the tradition of kanji in Kerala and other very entertaining, fascinating and colorful with photos of Kerala posts about her formative years spent there in her blog, which I always enjoy reading. Thanks again for everything shn, hugs to you!:)

LOL! Bee, haven't busted any shuts except this so far but am ready and willing to bust a "anonymous" blouse after seeing her nasty comment yet again. She signed as "youknowwhoIam" this time!;P Kanji was really simple and delicious!:)

Kalai, Kanji sounds great when you are sick or cold. My mom used to make some kind of thin porridge/payasa like with sugar or salt with roasted Rava when we had flu etc!:)

Purni, when I was in Bantwal, I used to hear about Ganji all the time. Kids used to say they had Ganji with fish curry etc in the morning for breakfast before coming school! My mom never made Ganji it at home, but my ajji used to make Ragi Ganji for my toothless Thatha in Mysore!:DYou are right, I just deleted it this morning. Who cares what she thinks anyway, whether I know her or not! Jealousy is not a virtue at all!:)

I spent 20mins looking for her IP in the morning at site meter, couldn't find it. She has left that comment on Sunday, tried to find her last time too. There are somany who come and go in both blogs, just couldn't locate it. Believe, I will catch her one day and publish. I had read the same kind of comment in your blog too, I think it's the same person! One day..Bee..one day!If I know her or if she is one of the bloggers I know, I will be very disappointed and very sad too!!

Awww u made my day!! just brightened up my otherwise boring afternoon with this post of urs :) HUGS and really glad that u enjoyed the dishes.....infact u made the right choices :)thanks a lot for showing confidence in my recipes :)

Sri, this roti is her's and recipe is at her blog too, so I better not send it to you! I will make one for you, don't worry and a mini roti showroom too! Haha! Still plenty of time, thanks for giving me lot of time to cook which is very imp. with somany events going on now!:)

Thanks Bha! :)Check out my sidebar at FH, posted the photo of the book but still reading it. Got to find time to sit down in one place which is hard for me to do!:D

shn, thank YOU! They both were wonderful and more than these, I LOVED the Eshtu. It was so fragrant and mouthwatering! By the white color, you wouldn't realize how fab it tastes,we loved it. I will post it next Wed. at FH! Have a great day and wonderful evening too! I will be surfing for more traditional Kerala recipes!:D

Asha, I have to run to keep up with ur posts now LOL....Since you cook so much, do u ever repeat a recipe, I wonder!!! If your blog gets a nasty comment, I wonder about us poor souls, hehehehe. On a serious note, good you hit the delete button. So, not only cooking, but I have a lot more to learn from you :)..Ahh, now, great looking Parathas and Kanji...I came back looking for your latest MIcrowave Cake, will try it now :)..

Loved the flaky look of the paratha, it seems like it will simply ,melt in my mouth.Same here with Kanji, even though I know so much about it, I cannot get to eat it. Maybe as you said with right seasonings, pickle and the moong palya it should be great!

Paratha looks so yum and , last pic for mong Dal salad is making me mouth watering cherupayar ( ya it will be so tasty as it has "pyar"( love) in it ...... you have such a vibrant energy , any new event in blogoworld and here u are ready with the recipes ....hugs and smilesjaya

Amazing food! I'm in love with all of it, not sure what to try first! I guess I'll go check the blog on patrol :)Also: Asha, I tagged you for a meme! 6 random things about yourself. I hope you have fun writing your post!

You are right, RC. If we are not familiar with certain food habit, it's hard to come around it but we can always try the new tastes atleast once, you never know!:) I LOVED shn's Eshtu, hope you try that. Even my son liked it and ate it with toast!:))

sra, leafy probably should be layery!:D It's exactly like Kerala parota with a twist. Lazy days sounds good to me! Must be very hot there too, we are having early Summer heat too but sometimes it rains, feels good when it does! Have fun there and be cool!:)

Asha, thanx for your wonderful contribution. The roti looks so soft and airy...Kanji looks also great. I used to eat that with salty pickles or sugar every day for breakfast while I lived in China. Your Indian version of this looks tasty.

You are welcome Z, glad I could find my fave bread there at Cynthia's. They eat Kanji or similar in China too? Interesting and good to know that lot of Asian countries share many things!:))Have a great weekend.

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